Hay-rack



(No Model.)

- T. L. VOUGHT.

HAY RAGK. No. 280,693. Patented July 3,1883.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS L. VOUGHT, OF MADELIA, MINNESOTA.

HAY-RAC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,693, dated July 3, 1883.

I Application filed November 29, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS LENT Voucrnr, of Madelia, in the county of Watonwan and I State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corsponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improvement, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, part being broken away. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same, shown as detached from the wagon-gearing.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the collecting of hay for stacking.

A represents the forward wheels, B the forward axle, and. C the reach, of an ordinary wagon-gearlng.

D is the base or stationary frame of the rack, the side bars of which incline 'toward each other toward their forward ends, and are connected by cross-bars. The forward ends of the side bars of the stationary frame D are at a little distance apart, and to their lower sides is attached a block, E, which rests upon the axle B, or abolster placed upon the said axle,

andis perforated to receive the king-bolt that connects it with the said axle. The rear end of the reach 0 is bolted to a cross-bar of the frame D. The rear end of the frame D is supported by small wheels F, which are journaled to the vertically-slotted rear ends of the iron supports G, the forward ends of which are slotted laterally to receive the rear ends of the side bars of the frame D, and are secured to the said side bars by bolts.

The upper or tilting frame is made with longitudinal barsxH, attached to the upper sides of the cross-bars I, to the lower sides of the ends of which are attached the lower side bars,

J. The frame H I J is made of such a width" as to receive the frame D between the lower.

side bars, J, and is hinged to the said frame D by a rod, K, which passes through the rear ends of the said lower side bars, J, and through the rear ends of the side bars of the said frame D.

To the forward end of the frame D is attached the lower end of a standard, L, which is strengthened in place by a brace-block, M, attached to the said frame D.

To the slotted upper end of the standard L is pivoted a small drum, N, which is perforated radiallyto receive the lever O, by means of which the said drum is revolved.

To the drum N is attached, and around it is wound, the upper end of a rope, P, the lower end of which is forked and is attached to the end parts of the forward cross-bar of the frame H I J, so that by turning the drum Nwith the lever O the rope P will be wound upon the said drum, and the forward end of the frame H I J will be raised to cause the load to slide off the said frame HI J when the rack is drawn forward.

The drum N, and with it the forward end of the frame II I J, are held in any position into which they may be adjusted by the pawl Q, pivoted to the projecting upper end of the standard L and engaging with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel It, formed upon or attached to the end of the drum N.

The load is held in place upon the rack, while being drawn to the place for the stack, by the standards S, the lower ends of which are hinged by bolts or other suitable means to the outer sides of the rear parts of the lower side bars of the frame II I J. The standards S are supported in position by the brace-rods T, which are hinged at their forward ends to the outer sides of the middle parts of the lower With this construction the hay can be readily drawn to the place where the stack is to be built, and quickly unloaded in such amanner that it can be conveniently pitched upon the stack.

The rack can be used in the same manner as an ordinary hay-rack by placing beneath its rear end the rear aXle of a wagon-gearing.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters embracing the side bars of said. frame and inro- Pntent, 1'svided with hearings for the, journals 01' said IO l. The frame D, COIIllJillOd with a fi-zune, H wheeis, as shown and described. 'I' .T qui'i'oundin it 1nd pivoted It [1101011'10 v Y i '7 r- 7 V T \A, PV\ ij 5 blocks G G, rigidly attaehed to said imme I), i Hon LL} (1H1 as shown and described. \Viinesses:

2. The combilmtion, wiih the frame I) and F. L. JANES, wheels 1?, of The intermediate supports, (i (i,' H. \V. BURNS. 

